I almost missed this one, but the bus didn’t.
“I came out and they’re screaming and yelling and then she said something about a bus in the bedroom. So, as I walk in the bedroom obviously the bus is inside our bedroom and I could see the bus driver and he asked, ‘Hey, is everybody OK?'” homeowner Joe Cusenza said.
I mean, “obviously”…it is what we do around here, right?
When I was a young, strapping, college-going lad, a wise fellow took me under his wing. He taught me how to dress, how to dance, and how to pick up chicks.
I remember one night at a club, when a limousine pulled up in front. My mentor grabbed me by the arm, and took me aside. I excused myself from the honey whose first four phone number digits I had just procured. He took me to the window and pointed to the car. A door opened, and about nine middle aged women, wearing clothes that their bodies could not cash, came flying out in a drunken hysteria, and piled into the club.
I’ve spent the better part of my career here at the Rag trying to document all of the automobile versus building encounters (follow this chain of posts) in this here town. It’s been a challenge. I’ve missed many, to be sure. It happens all too often and really, it was beginning to become monotonous.
Sacramento, good on ya. You just made life worth living again:
A Winnebago motor home is one tough vehicle.
Just ask Citrus Heights police, who chased a stolen 27-foot model all over town Wednesday morning.
The desperate driver collided with other vehicles and a traffic signal pole as he drove an erratic route on streets that included Greenback Lane, Mariposa Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard.
Cars and helicopters from the California Highway Patrol, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Sacramento police joined the pursuit.
The driver then steered the motor home through several fences and backyards before taking it over an embankment above the American River at Sunrise Boulevard.
That’s right. This ain’t no story about a car hitting a house. This is a story of a motorized house, hitting a river. Hot damn this will be a fun year!
Homelessness is a problem of most metropoliseses, and especially those such as ours where housing prices skyrocketed in a short time, making affordable housing difficult to obtain by those who need it most. Many times, people have to make do with whatever they can get their hands on. Some people deal with such adversity better than others.
Just ask Gov. Arnold. According to SFGate.com’s Lynda Gledhill:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that he’s “very happy in my little hotel room.”
That in response to a published report in the Sacramento Bee that he and First Lady Maria Shriver have toured a new 15-floor hotel and condominium project being built a few blocks from the Capitol.
Schwarzenegger has been living in a the penthouse in the Hyatt hotel across from the Capitol since taking office. The state has no official governor’s residence and he and Maria found no suitable house when he was first elected. The constraints of security, wanting to be close to the Capitol and necessary space for a governor with four children left almost no options.
“I want the perception to be that every time you turn around, there’s a black-and-white,” he said. “We want people to have one of two reactions: ‘Oh, thank God, a patrol car is here,’ or ‘Oh my God, a patrol car is here.’ “
So says Sacramento Sheriff John McGinness in today’s Bee.
The Sheriff’s Department, who patrols the unincorporated areas of Sacramento (including, as the Bee points out, Rancho Cordova), are changing their colours. These cops are going retro – recalling the great law enforcement strategies of the 1920s:
Schuler said the zebra color scheme first appeared in the United States in the 1920s, when nearly all cars were black. Officers painted the doors white to set them apart, launching a national trend.
Well it’s certainly been a while, hasn’t it?
Sacramento police are looking for a 14-year-old boy who they say slammed his car into a home in south Sacramento and then took off.
Oh, but that’s not the best part:
A woman who was in the car stayed at the scene and, according to officers, said alcohol may have played a role in the crash.
The owner of the house that was hit said she believes the woman in the car is her neighbor and the boy’s mother.
So, boy’s mother is a passenger in a car driven by her drunk minor son, who crashes said mother-containing-car into a house in Sacramento and then flees.
What’s that saying again? Oh yeah. Stay classy, Sacramento.
I found an interesting editorial addressed to David Stern, commissioner of the NBA, regarding his taking over of Sacramento’s arena negotiations:
Nov. 19 – Dear David Stern: Thanks for deciding to be a lead negotiator for the National Basketball Association in efforts to build a new arena in Sacramento. The last arena proposal — Measures Q and R on the November ballot — was so strange that not even the Sacramento Kings ended up supporting it. Even you wondered why anyone would vote Yes. You sensed the pickle Sacramento is in. A respected outside influence sure would be helpful, maybe even necessary, to figure out a solution.
It’s an interesting, and might I say, refreshing take on the future of Sacramento’s arena issue. Whether David Stern was brought in to try to get a deal done, or if he’s simply coming to town to eventually say that a deal can’t be done, time will tell. However, the final thought of the article is what I found most compelling:
…The Sacramento arena problem is a symptom of a broader problem with the NBA. Medium-sized markets like ours need huge government subsidies to deal with financial inequities within the league. The league’s business model is screwed up more than Sacramento’s priorities are.
This community won’t and can’t paper over the NBA’s problem with gobs of new taxes. It can work with just about anyone for a worthy civic goal. Keep that in mind. And welcome to town.
Sacramento’s local issue might have great implications for professional basketball in the United States. Indeed, whether the Kings stay in this town is not just a measure of Sacramento, but also a measure of the NBA.
Hide your women, horses and cattle. The Cattlemen are a-comin’, partners!
SACRAMENTO  The California Cattlemen’s Association and California CattleWomen’s Association will be holding their 90th Annual Convention at the DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Center in Sacramento from Nov. 15  17. Â
This year’s convention features two major fundraising functions  a kickoff dinner and auction for the Livestock Memorial Research Fund, and Protecting Our State’s Stewards, Economy and Environment committees. The fundraisers will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
In addition, the Allied Industries group will be hosting a wine and cheese social prior to the convention kickoff and will follow up with their bingo night on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Proceeds from the function will go towards the Allied Industries Scholarship Program, which last year paid out over $11,000 to California college students.Â
Clean-up and deodorizing will continue through the weekend. If you get cornered by one of these varmints, here’s a primer on Cattleman small talk. Ask them about the foreign trade of beef, or if California should allow the slaughter of horses for food. You’ll be in for quite a treat.
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CBS13 has thrown their support behind the Sac Rag’s prognostication regarding Doolittle’s impending victory (red box for emphasis is our own):
Continue reading “More evidence that Doolittle will win his seat”
When people think of heroes, they rarely think of politicians – except for Arnold, who was the Last Action Hero. He still is. However, per usual, I digress.
As of today, consider Gray Allen (you got his name wrong on your web story, CBS13), who is running for the Placer County Water Board, a local hero:
(CBS 13) ROSEVILLE, Calif. A Roseville woman was pinned down to the ground for four days after her refrigerator fell on top of her in her kitchen, as she fought to stay alive…
Luckily by the fourth day, Greg [sic] Allen, a politician running for the Placer County Water Board, heard Inga’s call for help while going door-to-door campaigning. He found an unlocked door and ran in to save Inga’s life.
Inga Walen, 69, suffered several injuries including a broken collar bone and injuries to both her legs. But, as she says:
…she doesn’t care which political party Allen represents, she’s voting for him either way.
For his part, Gray Allen is not seeing his rescue of Inga Walen with an eye for personal gain:
“I hope the bottom line is to get people to stay in touch with each other,” Allen said.
Further, as the Sac Bee put it:
No one had been checking on her [for three days]. Having a 96-year-old mother, Allen believes sincerely that older people need a safety network. That’s how you know he’s not running for president.
Gray Allen for Placer County Water Board! RIGHT AWN!!
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